inferior court

noun

1. a court of limited jurisdiction

2. any court other than the Supreme Court of Judicature

Example Sentences

And Article 3, notably, creates the Supreme Court, but left it up to Congress to develop and create, as the article says, “such inferior courts.”

From Salon

“Until the Supreme Court expands their analogical focus beyond 1791, this Court as an inferior court must follow the Supreme Court founding era mandate,” he wrote.

From Seattle Times

During Thursday’s hearing, Justice Jim Kitchens pushed back on lawmakers’ assertion that the new court in the Capitol Complex Improvement District is an inferior court with powers equivalent to a municipal court.

From Seattle Times

The impotent Supreme Court abruptly created by these five justices abdicated its unique power to correct inferior courts’ errors of law.

From Washington Post

Article III reads, “The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.”

From Washington Times